Critic Bob Mondello says that remains true in Wes Anderson's first venture into science fiction, "Asteroid City." BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: 1955, a stargazer convention in the middle of the desert.

Asteroid City (Image via Focus Features) With a setting in a city full of stars, Asteroid City is an engrossing fusion of science fiction and humor.Audiences are taken to far-off galaxies and made ...

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Wes Anderson's sci-fi film Asteroid City stars Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Carell, Margot Robbie, Jeffrey Wright, Maya Hawke and more.

Critic Bob Mondello says that remains true in Wes Anderson's first venture into science fiction, "Asteroid City." BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: 1955, a stargazer convention in the middle of the desert.

A Junior Stargazer convention is hit by world-changing events in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, a comedy with an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Bryan Cranston.

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is known for movies that are eccentric, whimsical and dryly comic. Their subject matter may vary - family dysfunction in "The Royal Tenenbaums," 1930s decadence in "The Grand ...